The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-12-09
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BRooELYs DIvINEs SUN
DAY SERMON
sasIeo.. .unoeeapIed FIeIds.-


[After tho church was full Of people, and |
Al the ad joining rooms packed, as many
peopie went away from the doors as got MI
TIKI: " Lest / should build upon dnother
mass Foundation Romans ", 20.
Stirring reports come from all perts Of
America showing what great work the
Of God are doing, and / congratu-
late than and their pastors Misapprehen-
slons have been going the rounds Of some OF
The religious pres depreciating the gener-
osity Of this church s7ei ,3i6 a have been
paid cash down in this church for religious
usz and Christian work during the nineteen
years q my ministry here This church was
bull. By al denominations Of Christians and
By people from ali lands, and hence we have
toen raising money for many objects outside
our denomination, and that has sometimes
inteffered with our contributions 70 the
Bozrsls OF our denomination Subscription
books for all good objects. Christian, humani
tartan, collegiate and missionary, have been
hers a. common as the daylight, and no
church in Christendom has been more con-
tinnOus In It's benevo.ences than this Be-
side that Ee have received during the year
- souls on profession Of faith in Christ.
fact ttat mention. not In Boosting. but %
show that this church has not been idle.
1hs mos. Of our accessions have been from
the outside world, % that, taking the idea OF
my text. we have not been building on other
peoples foundations
u LAYING out the plan Of his missionary
tour Paul sdught out towns and cites which
had not yet been preached 20. He goes 70
Corinth. : city mentioned for splendor and
Fine. and Jerusalem, where the priesthood
snd the Sanhe Trim were ready 70 leap with
both feef upon The Christian religion de
feels be has especial work 10 do, and he means
.. = 49, ~.rr4Itf The rrrQnH-
est life Of usefulness that a man ever lived
We modsrn csaristian workers are not apt to
initiate Paul We build on otasr Feopiss
fQlnazsirnx II Ee<sesc ss.urch We prefer
=. r. - 4. : I. 14cllic< al q NIl571
lave Teen piouk Do We gather a Sabbath
sIlool class Ne want good boys and girls.
a.E eomted, faces washed, manners attract
we 30 church IN this day is apt to be
rniir oct o. other churshes Some ministers
speld al rheis time IN fishing in other Deo-
~ ponds, and theT throw the line into that
enureh pond and lerk out a Methodist, and
.nros ne line INTO another church pond and
trl1s oui fresiyierian. and there Is a re-
Aslous rev IN some neighbor.ng church. and
. whole school Of fish swim on from that
pen1, and We take them all in with one sweep
q "a net What Il gained Absolutely
1pi-i.ns Tor the general cause OF Christ II
J. only As m an army, when a regiment Is
.fAlisierrel from one divi don TO another.
MN the Tennessee TO the Potomac.
~. ~ ii1t strengthens the army is new recruits.
" hat have aiways desired Is that while wa
an courteous 10 thosv coming from other
nocsk We build ocr church lot out Of other
eanrehes. but out Of the world, lest we build
q another mans foundation. The fact Il
us Is big EnTid When. in our schooibov
na5s, We learned the diam Ter and circuEnfef-
enc Of tiiis planet se did not learn half. Il
"a latitude AMI longitude and diameter
=
TAT no figures can calculate. This one mir.
= - Continent OF wretchedne.s reaches across
al ZONES and Il we1c call d 70 give is geo-
sraphifAl boundary would say Il Is bounded
On the north and south and east and west by
70 great heart OF Gods sympathy and love
IN u . graf world. Since O'Clock this |
y, 1iil ho,eto rersons have been born, and
'eachsd Of the Gosiei. In ENGLAND az |
2 cU eastern American cities, we |
- ueing much crowded, and an acre Of /
'ruiind = Of great Talne, but cut West 5fI0 |
'rrez = s'naa farm, and 1000 acres il no |
.nnsll.l pas zzlon- But there is a vast srir-
,nAl Del as're and everywhere unoccupied.
mother mans foundation
y nes-i. as churches, 10 stop boubardin1
le CD irenclad sinners that have been proof
sAilst thlfrY years Of CHRISTIAN assault
'1s tor that church which lacks the shirt 81
.-iisr,i-ii, Spending enough on enc chande-
= % isns 90 souls % glory, and In ono
.f.ei 2 Jar enough to have made a thousand
- - ms ~ The honse o; our God fer
'er' and deing lez cool than MANY a lor
IN NE ting hou-e, With tailow candle
-et IN wooden 50 ks.s. and minister who |
= ntscr se-1 college or sEown the differ.
lpe between Gre.k anif Choctaw. We |
- a. churches 10 get into sympathy |
~ ~ Ehent oi'sda world. and let them !
ios tiat none are % broken hearted or !
.1ilt i'rsita thaf vii not BE welcomed I
ton says SINE fasfidioas Ctlris,il..,. II
a. 'ilial =. N crowded in church. Don't
at 1ny ore IN NY pew Ny brother, what
u you DO IN heaFenf When n great null ,
luni that no man can number assemblies
- EIl put hffy IN your pew. What are
= ~,iect lew today nssembied in the Chris
- cnarches compared % the mightier mill
= outside Q. them. eight hundred thousand
hroqsklTn, bat less than one hundred i
aas-Td n TIE churchess Many Of the
arclles are ike hospif a that should adver- /
= INST - flrlcnts muit have nothing /
'rs' = az tootllaehe or -run-r0undsr but no
o.en heads. 10 erushe anx 'e~, no fractured i
"a osfe - . Treatment Moderate sin .
=, selsef eoaie1 eiunerz and sinners with Z
60 on Il . as though a man had q c
ma a three thousand acres and put all his s
~ On o-i- acre. He may raise never 50 a
- -l1Stf corn DeTcr 50 big heads Of wheat. | v
~Ould refna n poor Thechurch Of God has v
'-oEsd ~ chicf care on one acre, and has d
81 sIsensid men and women in that small y
'i1siiIe: but the Held IS the word That r
ans North and South America, Europe, $
Ia and Africa and all the islands OF the b
! i = Is fhoagh after a great battle there ;
y EFF Zero wounded and dying on the d
Z, and thrse surgeons gave all their time
thren rslflerzts under their charge. Ia. a
l1r General CONES In and SAYS 10 the don.
> Gone out here and look at the ner- VI n
o. dyiag for lack of surgical aftenda6 IN a
o. say the Tires doctors, Standing
1ing rhair Patients, I'VE have threehare I
ranr casss here, and we are aftend
N, esd Wben We are not positiyelyf and, a
q thelr wounds. IL takes all our -. Z
Heep tae rias OF. In this awful tllh- /
q NJ aud sorrow, where millions . -. I
- en mlliions. do not let US spend alr oi'
: n tal1E< care Of few peopie. and W. the
command comes SO into the uorf - =
practically. No. I caunot 20: / have hoole
= cn9ies casas. and am busy keeping.
LES There are muifitudes today waree !
. never bad any Christian worker K
p 70 t1e eye, and with earnes.ness in u
.Al1anon- say: Conner or they To tha
eso have oeen in Tie kingdom. ly--l-'FF7
-. religion is eIther a sham q a frpu.dfnc I
:. 1alisy. II il Be sham, let Is dis6a :,
IN rh1sls and Christian association. ~ All
= ~ ther great populations are.
= 80 bar Of God United FOR RttttB
-f.-1 .l1f are we doiEgf
=. so ero1ch the snuIfftr,da n
-. ' - . rop all -echuiealitses
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goa Win an5 French n,
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- - And In y iupoliffc and
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- ti--..ent about seorbutic srrrf
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that . eisi,..s = - 4 SUPERINTENDENT is
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tnrisf c8ns -
.llem now
-,id ei1boratad !,
:, Is. Z. aaa after = siy planting when the
! I1 "a 'd rsnsood order and finely
20. a''on he soil can then be got In
!. ! ' s.,... die roots well enough to
lss.as q the purpose In that case
= -point Of most Importance Is To
3 e the plants up we'll Dig
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